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• BK wins $1.3B contract to salvage MV Barima

  (Kaieteur News) – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has awarded GYD $1.034 billion contract to local infrastructure firm BK International Inc. to raise the wreck of the MV Barima. The selection raises sharp questions about technical capability and government transparency, BK International, a company that previously had to rely on state-funded intervention […]

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• Exxon to repair gas-to-energy pipeline off Crane

  …but won’t disclose nature of defect   (Kaieteur News) – ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) will be conducting maintenance activities on the 220-kilometre subsea pipeline it built for the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project at Wales, West Bank Demerara. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said it will soon undertake work to address “a finding” on a near-shore section […]

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• ‘Who is responsible?’ — Barima COI Chairman vows to follow evidence wherever it leads

  (Kaieteur News) – The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal capsizing and sinking of the M/V Barima officially opened its public proceedings on Wednesday morning, with commission chairman Godfrey Smith, SC, pledging a thorough and independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. Delivering his opening statement at the preliminary hearing at the Arthur Chung […]

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